dumb question - after cleaning the head did you try to format a disk? Sometimes that helps the heads return to the correct locations if they're off in a way that's not permanent. There is also a "drive knock" program that I have used from time to time that jiggers the head. On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 6:00 PM, HÃRSFALVI Levente < publicmailbox@harsfalvi.net> wrote: > Hi!, > > > http://retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/clean_disks.html > > Our disks seem to hit the age... I archived some boxes of disks a couple > of months ago and had to clean the head between practically every takes. > > Unfortunately I can't already remember how to disassemble the '118. > (Haven't done so in the last probably two decades.) > > > Best regards, > > > Levente > > > On 2015-07-14 22:28, Peter Krefting wrote: > >> Trying again, as the mail server rejected my first attempt: >> >> Hi! >> >> I sat down copying disks yesterday evening, using my Oceanic drive[1] >> and a ZoomFloppy cable. After copying 40 or so disks, I ended up with >> one that was unreadable and had the read head "bump" a lot. I aborted >> the read, but after that I am unable to read any disks. It just "bumps" >> a bit and returns a 74 "drive not ready" error. >> >> I tried opening it to see if it got stuck, but I only get to the PCB >> side, and haven't quite figured out how to get to the head to check it. >> What should I look for? Is there a software way to force it to unlock? >> Have I forever destroyed the drive? >> >> > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2015-07-14 23:00:45
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